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History/geography kinda Flashcards

1
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What office expanded it’s landholdings in the donation of Pepin

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Pope

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What island was invaded in the last land battle of the Russo-Japanese war

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Sakhalin Island

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Who was the only British Prime Minister to serve 4 terms

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William Gladstone

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4
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Most recent British PM to die in office

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Lord Palmerston

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5
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During who’s presidency did the Homestead strike occur

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Benjamin Harrison

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6
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Who Founded the salvation army

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William Booth

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7
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What modern day country is home to the Huaca del Sol

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Peru

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What country contains the Bay of Plenty

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New Zealand

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9
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Who did Lyndon B Johnson defeat in the election of 1964

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Barry Goldwater

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What president’s domestic policy agenda was called the New Frontier

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JFK

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11
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What country was home to the primary base for Curtiss P-40s painted with shark face designs

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China

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12
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Who defeated Maxentius at the Battle of the Milvian Bridge

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Constantine the first

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13
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What activity was regulated by the 1976 Magunson-Stevens act

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Fishing

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14
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What explorer sighted Mount St Elias and named the Shumagin islands

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Bering

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15
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What author began one work by listing “Debts and Lessons,” such as his tutor’s advice to “choose the Greek lifestyle

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Marcus Aurelius

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16
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At what event did the allied powers plan for the end of WW2

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Yalta conference

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17
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What book begins by noting that the author learned nobility of character and evenness of temper from his grandfather Verus

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Meditations

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18
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Who wrote Meditations

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Marcus Auerelius

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19
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What school of philosophy was founded by Zeno of Citium

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Stoicism

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20
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What group of people were known as Charles Crocker’s pets, referring to their employer

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Chinese rail workers

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21
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What was the final chinese dynasty

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Ching

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22
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What general starred in Hollywood films in exchange for war funds

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Pancho Villa

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23
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What nomadic tribe fought the Battle of Chalon against the Visigoths

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Huns

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24
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What pope met with Atilla in 452 and pleaded with him to not attack Rome

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Leo I

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What building’s design is based on eight interlocking isoceles

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One World Trade Center

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26
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What country has the lowest population density in the world

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Mongolia

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27
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What structure contains the Tunnel 57, and contains a death strip that consisted of raked sand and barbed wire

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Berlin Wall

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28
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What ruler’s suicide led to the year of the four emperors in AD 69

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Nero

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29
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What mediterranean island is seperated by a green line

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Cyprus

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30
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What is the capital of Cyprus

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Nicosia

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31
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What conflict began with Pelagius winning the battle of Covadonga

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Reconquista

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32
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What city is the historical capital of Normandy

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Rouen

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33
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What justice was succeeded by John Roberts

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Rehnquist

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34
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What is the capital of the Philipines

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Manila

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35
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What strait separates Sri Lanka and India

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Palk Strait

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36
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What man was the youngest ever republican presidential candidate

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Dewey

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37
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In what war did Sir Colin Campbells Highland Regiment form the Thin Red Line

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Crimean war

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38
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What style of architecture used rib vaults and pointed arches

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Gothic

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39
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What city were french kings traditionally crowned in

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Reims

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40
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What man founded Ireland’s Fianna Fall party

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Eamon De Valera

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41
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What regime sentenced the dutch communist Marinus van der Lubbe to death

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Weimar Republic

42
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In what country did Napoleon III install Maximillian the first as the ruler

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Mexico

43
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What city was home to the three glorious days in 1830

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Paris

44
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What man committed suicide in 121 BC to avoid the pro senate mob

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Gaius Graccus

45
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Who taught Titian and painted The Tempest

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Giorgione

46
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What country’s war of independence was ended by the Evian Accords

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Algeria

47
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Who said Colorless green ideas sleep furiously

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Noam Chomsky

48
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In what war was Patrice de MacMahon freed from prison to suppress a radical commune in “The bloody week”

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Franco-Prussian war

49
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What state is home to Little Bighorn

A

Montana

50
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What officer defeated Horatio Gates at the Battle of Camden

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Cornwallis

51
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What man was British PM during the revolutionary war

A

Lord North

52
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What was the only state to not send a delegate to the constitutional convention

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Rhode Island

53
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What country contains the Corcovado mountains

A

Brazil

54
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Who was fired in violation of the Tenure of Office Act

A

Edwin Stanton

55
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Who fired Edwin Stanton

A

Andrew Johnson

56
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What empire was founded by Sundiata Keita

A

Mali

57
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What country’s Osirak nuclear reactor was targeted by a 1981 Israeli attack

A

Iraq

58
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What president defended the Amistad slaves in front of the supreme court

A

John Quincy Adams

59
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What priest was killed on orders of Henry II

A

Thomas Becket

60
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What country’s dictator instituted a White Terror

A

Taiwan

61
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What emperor funded the immigration of southerners after the civil war

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Dom Pedro II

62
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What prime minister approved the pact of steel with a northern neighbor

A

Benito Mussolini

63
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What rebellion happened when Charles II illegitimate son tried to depose his uncle James II

A

Monmouth rebellion

64
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What convention was held to criticize James Madison’s wartime administation

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Hartford convention

65
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What mauryan emperor converted to Buddhism

A

Ashoka the great

66
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What french ruler became king when his father Henry the 4th was assassinated

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Louis the thirteenth

67
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What war was ended by the Peace of Westphalia

A

30 years war

68
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Who was Henry the 8ths last wife

A

Catherine Parr

69
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What person was represented by lawyer Clifford Durr

A

Rosa Parks

70
Q

What French king was captured at the Battle of Pavia

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Francis I

71
Q

What amendment provides the basis for birthright citizenship

A

14th amendment

72
Q

What are Russian administrative districts called

A

Krai

73
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What people were killed in the Anfall genocide

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Kurds

74
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What island was once called Van Diemen’s land

A

Tasmania

75
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In what war did a ransomed king return to captivity after his teenage son escaped from being a hostage

A

Hundred years war

76
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What group of soldiers served as administrators and spies for Roman Emperors

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Praetorian

77
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What leader of the Praetorian guard held effective power in Rome until he was executed in AD 31

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Sejanus

78
Q

What structures were attacked by weapons such as the sotrell

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Trenches

79
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What party overthrew the government in the Ramadan Revolution

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Bath party

80
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What kingdoms northern part was occupied by Bardylis shortly before the creation of a larnax

A

Macedonia

81
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What general was removed after the Battle of the Crater

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Ambrose Burnside

82
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Who was the last English king to die in a battle

A

Richard III

83
Q

What country has a belt and road initiative

A

China

84
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In what battle were Bruno Gaido and Frank O Flaherty thrown overboard

A

Midway

85
Q

What man was minister-president of Russias government after the revolution of 1917

A

Alexander Kerensky

86
Q

What mountain range is in the Maghreb region

A

Atlas

87
Q

What tsar did the US purchase alaska from

A

Alexander II

88
Q

What mans stepson saved his life by stanching blood from one of his wounds

A

Horatio Nelson

89
Q

What treaty ended the Spanish American war

A

Treaty of Paris

90
Q

What country contains the largest population of Japanese ancestry outside of Japan

A

Brazil

91
Q

What African country became independent from Ethiopia when troops entered Asmara

A

Eritrea

92
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What asian country is directly northwest of Thailand

A

Myanmar

93
Q

Where do many historians believe the Spanish flu to have began

A

Kansas

94
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What English king was nicknamed Longshanks

A

Edward I

95
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What war was opposed by a group led by Simon de Montfort

A

Second Barons War

96
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What amendment repealed prohibition

A

21st

97
Q

Holders of what title managed tent governments

A

Shogun

98
Q

What civilizations cities were ruled by nobles called ajaw

A

Mayan

99
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What man told congress that soldiers never die, they just fade away

A

Douglas Macarthur

100
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What office’s powers were increased after a May 1958 crisis

A

President of France

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